Lietary+Writing

In the Poem “The Road Not Taken”, Robert Frost uses diction to convey a tone of regret, the regret of not knowing if he took the right path in life. Frost starts out by saying”, and sorry I could not travel both” (line 2). He says sorry to convey a feeling of regret. He could have said “I wish I could have traveled both”, but that would make him feel happy with his choice. Frost uses diction to, at this point, makes it seem like he took the wrong path. Later on Frost says, “I shall be telling you this with a sigh” (line 16). Frost uses “sigh” again to convey the tone that he wishes he chose the other path. When people sigh they are usually regretting a choice that they made. At the end of the poem Frost says, “And that has made all the difference” (line 20). Frost uses difference to convey, the paths were different, like paths in life. Frost is trying to say when going through life people wonder if they could have been in a better spot then they are now. In reality though, every time people change something for the better, they also give something up.